Launch a startup in 72 hours on a bus ride to Austin’s SXSW!
Want to launch a startup? Want to road trip across the United-States? Or just looking for updates on the coolest hackathon of the year? Find out more here about StartupBus 2012! Viadeo is a proud sponsor of StartupBus TV 2012 and will also be broadcasting live from the biggest tech event of all, South by Southwest 2012 edition, along with tech star Hermione Way and her Newspepper crew! StartupBus, founded by young entrepreneur Elias Bizannes, started in Europe a few years […]
The Pitch 2010 – takeaways from “Marketing, Advertising and PR on a shoestring”
The Pitch 2010 event on Tuesday was defined by the wealth of practical advice from professionals in industries relevant to the entrepreneurs in attendance. The discussion about publicity on a shoestring was certainly well received. Here are some takeaways from the session given by Paula Gardner, the founder of Do your own PR and Sokratis Papafloratos, one of the founders of TrustedPlaces and the current Head of the Social Products team at Yell. TALKING TO JOURNALISTS… The key is research and developing real […]
The Positive Side of Mistakes
Normally we talk about success and positive things, and it is a very easy thing to do. However, when the editor of Economic Times asked me to talk about mistakes, it became hard to think and talk about as it is negative in nature. So here I am trying to do justice to the topic. It is passion that drives a person to run his business. The self belief and the business acumen of a person make him a successful […]
“Ten easy ways to murder a business”
Luke Johnson, perhaps best known for his involvement in the growth and flotation of Pizza Express, currently writes a weekly column on entrepreneurship for the Financial Times. His current article – written in his typically direct and readable style – is called Ten easy ways to murder a business and was inspired by Jay Goltz’s blog post, Eleven Easy Ways to Destroy Your Company. Johnson has the humility to concede in his article that he has in the past backed […]
